The Topdog Diaries: An Intimate Portrait of Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks
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DVD Details
- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 54 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 7, 2004
- Originally Released: 2004
- Label: Image Entertainment
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Don Cheadle, Jeffrey Wright & Suzan-Lori Parks |
Entertainment Reviews:
Product Description:
Suzan-Lori Parks is a writer of great humor, determination, and skill, all of which is made apparent in this documentary of her creative process as she struggles to produce her 2002 play "Topdog/ Underdog." The play itself features two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, who are struggling to get by and navigate a host of family secrets that are just now coming to light. The film traces her development as a writer, beginning with her years at Hampshire College, where she was a protegee of James Baldwin, to her present incarnation as an Obie and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. Exclusive backstage footage of rehearsal for the production, as well as interviews and performance coverage, give an insightful glimpse at the people and process behind one of the most acclaimed plays of our time, and actors Don Cheadle (OCEANS ELEVEN) and Jeffrey Wright (ANGELS IN AMERICA) give an intimate take on the production.
Description by Image Entertainment:
In this inside look at the creative process of a playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks spends two years struggling to produce her 2002 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Topdog/Underdog. A true American success story, this triumphant Broadway debut takes daring chances to define a distinctive new voice that can shake up American theater and still find a place in the mainstream. From her early mentorship years with the legendary James Baldwin to her recent marriage to blues musician Paul Oscher (who provides the music for this film), this film charts an astonishing story complete with behind-the-scenes footage of rehearsals and close-up coverage of the play in performance featuring actors Don Cheadle (Oceans Eleven) and Jeffrey Wright (Angels in America).
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